Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School

Proficiency data was not included in this profile, so a clear comparison to the district's 73% ELA and 73% Math averages isn't possible from the figures provided. What we can see: class size of 25.8 is essentially identical to the district average of 25.77, and 8% of students have IEPs, indicating a meaningful but not overwhelming special-education population. The school's scale — 714 students — gives it course-offering breadth that smaller alternative schools can't match, which matters for students trying to accumulate credits on an unusual schedule.

The standout signal here is zero suspensions — not a low number, but literally none — at a school of 714 students with a 92.8 economic need index, which is genuinely unusual. Parent satisfaction (94%) and parent trust in teachers (94%) and the principal (95%) all sit comfortably above district averages. Teacher instruction quality (90%) edges out the district average too, but teacher-principal trust lags at 82%, a noticeable gap that hints at some friction between staff and administration even as families feel heard. The 15% family survey response rate is low, so parent numbers reflect a self-selected group worth keeping in mind.

The student body is 55% Hispanic, 31% Black, and 10% Asian, with a diversity index of 62% — a population that looks very little like the surrounding neighborhood, where the median household income is $153,847, only 10.8% of residents live in poverty, and 83.1% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Just 10% of Gramercy households have children, so the school is largely serving young people who commute in from elsewhere in the city. The 92.8 economic need index makes clear this is a school whose families face real financial pressure even as it sits on a block of $922,000 median home values.

Gramercy is one of Manhattan's more polished residential pockets — a well-educated, mostly adult neighborhood where fewer than one in ten households includes children, and homeownership sits near 40% despite sky-high home values. The block the school occupies feels less like a family enclave than a throughway between neighborhoods, which fits its role as a destination school for students from across the borough. Families arriving by subway have several quick options: the L train at 3rd Avenue is a two-minute walk, the L at 1st Avenue is about four minutes, and the 4, 5, and 6 lines at 14th Street–Union Square are roughly seven minutes on foot.

The school is well-served by the L train — 3rd Avenue is a two-minute walk and 1st Avenue is about four — and the 4, 5, and 6 lines at 14th Street–Union Square are around a seven-minute walk.